labourer, fruit farming
- Work Term : Seasonal
- Work Language : English
- Hours : 30 to 70 hours per week
- Education : No degree, certificate or diploma
- Experience : Will train
Work site environment
- Fruit and vegetable combination farming
- Outdoors
- Wet / damp
- Odours
- Dusty
- Noisy
Tasks
- Apply the technique of hoeing between the row
- Clean the crops
- Clear and collect brush and debris from fields, pens and other work areas
- Cut agricultural crops
- Divide fresh harvested produce into marketable lots and non-marketable lots
- Grade vegetables and fruits into different grades according to the size, shape, colour and volume to fetch high price in market.
- Guide growing shoots into optimal development positions
- Hand harvesting vegetables
- Pack fruits and vegetables
- Pick row and orchard crops
- Plant, cultivate and irrigate crops
- Sort fruits and vegetables
- Tie and secure plants
- Train trees to produce more fruit of higher quality
- Weeding
- Harvest crops
- Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
- Cut horticultural crops
Type of crops
- Blueberries
- Cucumbers
- Garlic
- Raspberries
- Strawberries
- Sweet corn
Equipment and machinery experience
- Farm truck
- Fruit harvester
- Loader
- Tractor
- Tillage equipment
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Ability to work independently
- Fast-paced environment
- Repetitive tasks
- Work under pressure
- Handling heavy loads
- Tight deadlines
- Physically demanding
- Hand-eye co-ordination
- Ability to distinguish between colours
- Attention to detail
- Standing for extended periods
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Sound discrimination
- Sitting
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Walking
Personal suitability
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Judgement
- Organized
- Reliability
- Team player
- Values and ethics
- Quick learner
Government programs
- Recognized employer
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